Professor Ian R. Hodgkinson is a multi-disciplinary scholar at the frontier of strategy research, investigating strategic decision-making in complex environments from individual to macro levels of analyses. Ian’s established international body of research bridges the public policy, international business, and management fields to transform established strategic thinking for more effective individual and organisational strategizing.

Ian has published research articles in Journal of World Business, Public Administration, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, and Research Policy, among many others and regularly contributes to international conferences such as Academy of Management (AoM), International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) and Strategic Management Society (SMS). He serves as an Associate Editor (Public Services) for Journal of Service Management and acts as a reviewer for leading academic journals such as Journal of Product Innovation Management, Public Administration, British Journal of Management, and Journal of Service Research.

Throughout his research career thus far, Ian has embraced several research methodologies including the survey methodology, interviewing, and case study methodology; applying both quantitative and qualitative methods in his research projects

His current projects address the relationship between ownership, strategy and performance in the public sector; strategy development in middle-income emerging economies; the orchestration of individual and organisational ambidexterity; and, cross-country analyses of international entrepreneurship.

Hughes, P., Hodgkinson, I.R., Elliott, K., and Hughes, M. (2018). “Strategy, Operations, and Profitability: The Role of Resource Orchestration”, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, in press.

Alonso, J.M., Andrews, R., and Hodgkinson, I.R. (2016). “Institutional, ideological and political influences on contracting out: Evidence from English local government”, Public Administration, 94(1), 244-262.

Hodgkinson, I.R., and Hughes, P. (2014). “Strategy content and public service provider performance in the UK: An alternative approach”, Public Administration, 92(3), 707-726.